Luis Schmidt & Capella Edina (Photo: Euan Robertson) Luis Schmidt, a conductor from Munich who has just turned 22, founded Capella Edina in Edinburgh in 2024, the city’s first professional philharmonic orchestra in almost ninety […]
SongEasel at St Matthew’s Church, Elephant & CastleJocelyn Freeman The Shipping Forecast – Elgar: Sea Pictures, Chabrier, Duparc, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Bantock, Ireland, Tippett, Eric Coates, Ives, Kurt Weill, Charles Trenet; James Newby, Malcolm Martineau; SongEasel […]
ENSEMBLE 360 . Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 19.05.2026 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, “Spring”. String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18/4. Septet, Op. 20. After the challenging but infinitely enriching Beckett/Feldman concert […]
ENSEMBLE 360 . Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 19.05.2026 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, “Spring”. String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18/4. Septet, Op. 20. After the challenging but infinitely enriching Beckett/Feldman concert […]
Feldman & Beckett: Words & Music Sheffield Chamber Music Festival, covered several times over the years by Classical Explorer, seems to exude a ferocious curiosity that spills over into the most remarkable concert programming. The […]
Kammerorchester Basel (Photo: Matthias Mueller) Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Nos. 4 & 10, Bach; Violin concerto in A minor, Violin concerto in E major, Grieg: Holberg Suite; Basel Chamber Orchestra, Vilde Frang; Wigmore HallReviewed 20 May […]
There is a lot to be said for Hee-Young LIm and Nathalia Milstein’s approach to Rachmaninov. Composed in the aftermath of the disaster of the premiere of Rachmaninov’s First Symphony, the Sonata for Piano and […]
Jacky Zhang at BBC Young Musician in 2024 In 2024 at just 16 years old, pianist Jacky Zhang reached the final stages of BBC Young Musician with a performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 […]
Cristóbal de Morales: Missa L’homme armé a4, Magnificat secundi toni, Missa L’homme armé a5; De Profundis, Robert Hollingworth; COROReviewed 20 May 2026 The Morales Project moves to CORO and demonstrates the richness to be found in the composer’s […]
Like a breath of bracing Yorkshire air, Northern Ballet’s brand-new Gentleman Jack swept into Sadler’s Wells, bringing a truly refreshing new narrative to the stage: the story of the ‘first modern lesbian’, Anna Lister aka […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Intriguing connections in Anja Bihlmaier & BBC Philharmonic's Prom including Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Jamie Barton & Clay Hilley, yet perhaps better heard on BBC Sounds")
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Stripped back drama & strong musical values: Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from Glyndebourne Opera at the BBC Proms")
